I’m planning a much more traditional Christmas this year more focus on time together than things, this is helped by us having the 1st ever year of no plastic toys coming into the house.
Don’t get me wrong my DD’s will get a pile of presents but I’m really wanting to be much more selective about it and put money into quality and things they will love for a long time than than over prized plastic crap and more brain numbing technology.
I wondered if anyone else was feeling the same this year and if we could have a thread of ideas of lovely things/ideal and recommend any small businesses we might have came across.
I’ll start.
Such a beautiful advent calendar, I did do a sharp intake of breath when I seen the price but then remembered that I quite often spend £20+ a calendar full over overpriced crap that’s left with lids of, spilt, stood on or forgotten about within a couple of days and with this everything goes away in its little box until next year when it all comes out and get used again.
merimeri.co.uk/products/festive-village-wooden-advent-calendar
Cannot recommended this lovely lady and and her small business more, we have been buying her adorable little animals for years and my DD9 collects them, I mean a duck in a party hat and a tutu what’s not to love (check out her Instagram for lots of pictures of her beautiful things)
www.bowbeaus.co.uk/
I’ve cut back on selection boxes and Christmas chocs and again just buying a few nice bits, couldn’t resist this honey bear form F&M, my honey obsessed DD is going to love it
www.fortnumandmason.com/squeezy-honey-bear-340g
All my DD’s love blankets and snuggly things and I had looked at the Oodies for them but in all honesty how long will the craze last and how expensive!!! Instead I’m going order my middle DD a quilt made by this lovely lady, a little bit more expensive but hand made by lovely lady and will definitely stand the rest of time.
www.poppyandhonesty.com/
And last one for just now, cool prints etc for tween/teenagers. We love their cards which I buy for birthdays and then we frame, my DD has got a lovely gallery going on in her bedroom, really reasonably priced too.
www.maxmademedoit.com/
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Aponcetasticchristmastoall · 25/10/2020 11:30
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